1996 in comics
Notable events of 1996 in comics. See also list of years in comics.
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Events
Year overall
- The Hubbs-SeaWorld Research Institute creates Enviro-babies to help promote endangered species awareness
February
March
- With issue #75, The Sandman ends its run. (DC/Vertigo)
April
- Marvel discontinues its Marvel Edge imprint
June
- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme is canceled by Marvel with issue #90.
July
- Diamond Comic Distributors acquires Capital City Distribution.[2]
- The Avengers #400: "History Repeats Itself," by Mark Waid, Mike Weiringo, and Tom Palmer. (Marvel Comics)
August
- Detective Comics #700: "Legacy," Part I, "Progeny of the Demon," by Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, and Scott Hanna.
- Captain America (1968 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #454.
September
- The British satirical cartoon magazine Punch, which went bankrupt in 1992, is revived. It will run until 2002. [3]
- Fantastic Four (1961 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #416.
- The Avengers (1963 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #402.
- Iron Man (1968 series) is canceled by Marvel with issue #332.
- Newspaper strip A Couple of Guys begins publication
October
- October 11: The 30th Asterix story is published, La Galère d'Obélix (translated in English as Asterix and Obelix All at Sea). In the story Obelix drinks the magic potion for the first time since he was a child, with dire consequences. [4]
- October 12–13: During the Stripdagen in Breda, the Netherlands, Hanco Kolk receives the Stripschapprijs. [5] [6] Het Nederlands Stripmuseum receives the first P. Hans Frankfurtherprijs (formerly the Jaarprijs voor Bijzondere Verdiensten), named after P. Hans Frankfurther, who died in a drowning accident in August. [7]
December
- Superman: The Wedding Album: Clark Kent marries Lois Lane (DC Comics).
- December 27: Marvel Entertainment files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
Deaths
January
- January 19: Bernard Baily, American comics artist, writer and publisher (co-creator of The Spectre and Hourman), dies at age 79. [8]
- January 22: Arthur Piroton, Belgian comics artist (Jess Long), passes away at age 64. [9]
- January 28:
- Jerry Siegel, American comics writer (Superman), dies at age 81. [10]
- Burne Hogarth, American comics artist (Tarzan) dies at age 84. [11]
- January 31: Claus Deleuran, Danish comics artist (Thorfinn, Rejsen til Saturn, Pirelli & Firestone, The People's Illustrated History of Denmark), dies at age 49. [12]
February
- February 5: Roberto Raviola, aka Magnus, Italian comics artist (Alan Ford, Kriminal, Satanik, Lo Sconosciuto, Necron) passes away from cancer at age 56. [13]
- February 6: Boody Rogers, American comics artist (Sparky Watts, Babe), dies at age 91. [14]
- February 13: Cara Sherman-Tereno, American comics artist (Life With The Vampire) dies of leukemia at the age of 44. [15]
- February 26: Cork, Dutch cartoonist, (Mr. Cork/Ruitenheer), dies at age 64. [16]
March
- March 6: Jack Abel, American comics artist and inker (Star Spangled War Stories, Our Fighting Forces, Legion of Super-Heroes), dies at age 68. [17]
- March 7: Ramon Monzon, French comics artist (Cha'pa et Group-Group, Jehan des Bis, Finnekin Jones, Bouzouk, le Petit Prince, Testar le Robot), dies at age 65. [18]
- March 14: Jack Berrill, American comics artist (Gil Thorp), dies of cancer at age 72. [19]
- March 15: Homer Groening, Canadian-American film director, cartoonist and comics artist (Phoebe, Get Your Man), dies at age 76. [20]
- March 25: Mike Roy, Canadian comics artist (The Saint, Nero Wolfe comics, Akwas), passes away at age 75. [21]
April
- April 12: Bob Zschiesche, American comics artist (Our Folks, Harley Hogg, assisted on Gasoline Alley and Snuffy Smith), dies at age 67 from an aneurysm. [22]
- April 20: Håven, Swedish cartoonist and comics artist (Gamle Uno), dies at age 74. [23]
May
- May 7: Piet Worm, Dutch comics artist (De Vrolijke Vaderlandse Geschiedenis, Professor Zegellak), dies at age 95. [24]
- May 9: Carl Fallberg, American comics writer and artist (Disney comics) dies at age 80.
- May 26: Francis Paid, Dutch comics artist (Joris Voetangel, Toonder Studios), passes away at age 71. [25]
June
- June 11: Gin, Spanish comics artist, animator, and illustrator (Nathalie, Denise, Disney comics), passes away at age 65. [26]
- June 15: Nonkel Fons, Belgian priest, publisher, and comics writer (founder of the comics magazine Zonneland, writer of Rikske en Fikske) dies at age 84. [27]
- June 19: Curt Swan, American comics artist (worked on Superman), dies at age 76. [28]
July
- July 2: Mike Parobeck, American comics artist (Batman Adventures) dies from diabetes at age 30. [29]
- July 23: Jim Pabian, American animator, animated film director and comics artist (Disney comics, Walter Lantz comics), dies at age 87. [30]
August
- August 12: Mark Gruenwald, American comics writer and editor (Marvel Comics) dies at age 43.[31]
- August 28: P. Hans Frankfurther, Dutch film & TV producer, activist and organizer (founder of Het Stripschap, namegiver to the annual P. Hans Frankfurther comics prize [32]), drowns at age 64, trying to save his son (who also drowns). [33][34]
September
- September 3: Petar Grigorov, Bulgarian painter and comics artist, dies at age 83. [35]
- September 23: Hiroshi Fujimoto, Japanese manga artist (Doreamon, Perman, Mojacko, Jungle Kurobe, Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Pokonyan!, Esper Mami, Chimpui, Obake no Q-tarō), passes away at age 62. [36]
- September 26: Alex Kotzky, American comics artist and writer (Apartment 3-G, the backgrounds in The Spirit), passes away at age 73. [37]
October
- October 14: Ferd Johnson, American comics artist (Texas Slim, Lovey-Dovey, continued Moon Mullins), dies at age 90. [38]
December
- December 2: Don Dohler, American film director, publisher and comics artist (Pro Junior), passes away at age 60. [39]
- December 7:
- Paul Ollswang, American comics artist (Dreams of a Dog, Memories of Doofer), dies at age 50 or 51. [40]
- Giuseppe Perego, Italian comics artist (Buffalo Brill, Boby, Disney comics, Rolf Kauka comics), dies at age 81. [41]
- December 22: Jack Hamm, American comics artist (Drawing the Head and Figure, Cartooning the Head and Figure), dies at age 80. [42]
Specific date unknown
- Jim Davis, American animator and cartoonist (Fox and the Crow), dies at age 80 or 81. [43]
- Zoltán Forrai, Hungarian-Dutch comics artist (Pipa, Miklós), dies at age 94 or 95. [44]
- Rick Hoover, American animator and comics artist (Disney comics), dies at age 55 or 56. [45]
- Malcolm Jones III, American comics artist (Sandman), commits suicide at circa age 37. [46]
- Wang Letian, Chinese comics artist and cartoonist, dies at age 78 or 79. [47]
- Terry Patrick, British comics artist (worked for DC Thomson), dies at age 66 or 67. [48]
- Albert Tolf, American comics artist (assisted on Gasoline Alley, cartoons of San Francisco), dies at age 84 or 85. [49]
Conventions
- March 2: Halleluja Con (Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York City) — produced on the spur of the moment after the sudden cancellation of the scheduled Great Eastern Conventions New York show. First iteration of the Big Apple Convention.[50]
- March 22–24: Motor City Comic Con I (Novi Expo Center, Novi, Michigan)
- March 23: Alternative Press Expo (San Jose, California)
- April 19–21: Pittsburgh Comicon (ExpoMart/Radisson, Monroeville, Pennsylvania) — guests include Stan Lee, Jim Shooter, and Julius Schwartz[51]
- April 26–28: WonderCon (Oakland, California) — 10th annual convention
- May 18: Ramapo Comic Con X (Spring Valley, New York) — "EC Tribute" with guests Al Williamson and Marie Severin; other guests include Julius Schwartz, Murphy Anderson, Dick Ayers, Joe Sinnott, Joe Staton, Eric Shanower, Mark Schultz, Walt Simonson, Louise Simonson, Evan Dorkin, Sarah Dyer, David Mazzuchelli, and Howard Cruse
- Summer: "Lazy CAPTION" (Oxford Union Society, Oxford, England)
- Summer: Canadian National Comic Book Exposition (Holiday Inn on King, Toronto, Ontario, Canada) — c. 2,900 attendees; guests include Dale Keown, Adam Hughes, Stuart Immonen, Pat Lee, Ken Lashley, Mike Zeck, and Dave Ross
- June: Heroes Convention (Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, North Carolina) — guests included Alex Ross, Mike Wieringo, Ron Garney, George Pérez, Nick Cardy, Dan Jurgens, and Tom Smith
- June 2: Houston Comix Fair & Toy Show XIV (Medallion Hotel, Houston, Texas)[52] — final edition of Comix Fair; guests include Mart Nodell and Shannon Wheeler
- June 21–23: Chicago Comicon (Chicago, Illinois) — 25,000 attendees; Guest of honor: Will Eisner; other guests: Harlan Ellison, Larry Marder, Heidi MacDonald, Mike Richardson, Kurt Busiek, Sergio Aragonés, Evan Dorkin, Paul Levitz, Julius Schwartz, Mercy Van Vlack, and George Pérez[53]
- June 21–23: Dragon Con (Atlanta Hilton & Towers/Westin Peachtree Plaza/Atlanta Civic Center, Atlanta, Georgia) — 13,400 attendees; guests include Neil Gaiman, John Byrne, Peter David, Kevin Nowlan, Chris Claremont, Al Feldstein, Robert Williams, Mark Bodé, Al Williamson, William Stout, Mark Schultz, Jeff Smith, Reed Waller, Rich Buckler, John Kricfalusi, and Bob Burden.[54]
- July 4–7: San Diego Comic-Con (San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, California) — 36,000 attendees. Special guests include Donna Barr, David Brin, Paul Chadwick, Steve Dillon, Mort Drucker, Ben Edlund, Garth Ennis, Dave Gibbons, Joe Giella, Dave McKean, Jim Mooney, Kurt Schaffenberger, and François Schuiten
- July 26–28: Dallas Collectors Con (Plano Convention Center, Plano, Texas) — substitute event for cancelled Dallas Fantasy Fair; official include Bernie Wrightson, Howard Cruse, Rob Liefeld, and Kurt Busiek.[55]
- July 27–28: Dallas Fantasy Fair (Market Hall, Dallas, Texas) — cancelled at the last minute; the Harvey Awards were scheduled to be presented there and had to be rescheduled for later in the year[56]
- September 20: Small Press Expo (Bethesda, Maryland) – guests include Jeff Smith, Charles Vess, Evan Dorkin, Jimmy Gownley, David Lapham, and Shannon Wheeler
- October 12–13: Motor City Comic Con II (Dearborn Civic Center, Dearborn, Michigan)
- October 25–27: Dynamic Forces New York Comic Book Convention (Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City) — official guests include Barry Windsor-Smith and Dan Jurgens[57]
- November 1–3: Atlanta StarCon & Comics (Marriott North Central Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia) — produced by the former organizer of the Atlanta Fantasy Fair; official guests include George Pérez, Michael O'Hare, Kane Hodder, Frank Marshall, and Kathleen Kennedy.
- November 29 – December 1: Mid-Ohio Con (Columbus, Ohio) — guests include Roger Stern, Darryl Banks, Dick DeBartolo, Tom and Mary Bierbaum, Tony Isabella, Paul Jenkins, Mark Waid, Leah Adezio, Dan Mishkin, Berni Wrightson,[58] Mark Crilley, P. Craig Russell, Jim Shooter, Murphy Anderson, Dick Ayers, Tom Batiuk, John Byrne, Dick DeBartolo, Julius Schwartz, and Jeff Smith[59]
First issues by title
Independent titles
- Allegra
- Release: August by Image Comics. Writer: Steven T. Seagle. Artist: Scott Clarke
- Cyberpunx
- Release: March by Image Comics. Writer: Robert Loren Fleming Artist: Ching Lau
- Keyhole
- Release: June by Millennium Publications. Writers: Dean Haspiel, Josh Neufeld, R. Walker, Chris Cliadakis, Linda Perkins. Art by: Haspiel, Neufeld, and Perkins.
- Tim Curry
- Release February by Curry Comics.
Marvel Comics
- Release August
- Release October
- The Avengers (1996 series) #1
- Release November
- Captain America (1996 series) #1
- Release November
- Fantastic Four (1996 series) #1
- Release November
- Iron Man (1996 series) #1
- Release November
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